Clarkton vs Kennett

A side-by-side comparison of Clarkton and Kennett: population, income, housing, and more.

Clarkton and Kennett are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kennett has the higher population (10,236 vs 929 in Clarkton). Kennett has the higher median household income ($53,164 vs $45,568 in Clarkton). Kennett has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $47,100 in Clarkton).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkton	Kennett
Population	929	10,236
Median age	28.1 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,568	$53,164
Median home value	$47,100	$103,600
Median gross rent	$575	$600
Housing units	524	4,734
Homeownership rate	55.5%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkton	Kennett
Population	1,290 → 929 (-28.0%)	10,062 → 10,236 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$31,359 → $45,568 (+45.3%)	$38,297 → $53,164 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $47,100 (+28.3%)	$91,600 → $103,600 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$489 → $575 (+17.6%)	$573 → $600 (+4.7%)

Clarkton

Population

1,290929

Median household income

$31,359$45,568

Median home value

$36,700$47,100

Median gross rent

$489$575

Kennett

Population

10,06210,236

Median household income

$38,297$53,164

Median home value

$91,600$103,600

Median gross rent

$573$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkton	Kennett
Under 5	8.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	22.4%
18 to 24	18.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	5.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.7%
75 and over	3.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkton	Kennett
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	73.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.1%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkton	Kennett
No high school diploma	34.8%	20.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkton	Kennett
Drove alone	71.4%	77.2%
Carpooled	17.7%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkton	Kennett
1-unit, detached	73.1%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Clarkton	Kennett
Poverty rate	21.1%	20.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1972	1968